Ep 199 - The Hustle Behind Hive Health
EPISODE INTRODUCTION
Camille Ang and Jiawen Tang of Hive Health joins us in this episode to share how they plan to disrupt health insurance in the Philippines after their recent YC stint. Camille and Jiawen will share their individual hustles which got them stints in consulting, government, and international relations like the UN and IMF. They will also share how they won Harvard New Ventures competition while studying MBA in Harvard which eventually led them to join YC within a few weeks. Camille and Jiawen will also share how they hustled to get their first suppliers and how they plan to revolutionize the HMO industry with Hive Health.
EPISODE TOPICS
[3:39] What’s your Hustle?
[4:32] Hustleshare Time Machine!
[5:40] Jiawen’s experience with being an immigrant in the U.S.
[8:26] Hustling in the Ivy League
[9:35] The pressure to become a “maximizer”
[11:48] Introduction to Camille
[13:15] Camille’s first exposure to Entrepreneurship
[14:13] Camille’s passion to solve social needs
[18:28] How do institutions work?
[21:24] Investing in Private Equity
[25:04] How Jiawen and Camille met
[28:00] Health investment in the Philippines
[32:12] The 4th dimension: Accessibility
[33:58] The turning point to build a startup
[36:25] From Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur
[39:45] Dealing with Internal and External pressure
[41:42] The Health Hive metrics and pivots
[43:55] Making a promise and delivering that promise
[49:00] Passion for Innovation in Health Hive
[53:45] Feedback as the key of product development
[58:30] Maintaining relationships as co-founders
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QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE
“It’s possible for businesses to solve social needs directly.”
“We both came to grad school to create mission-driven venture for emerging markets and COVID-related concerns arise”
“ The way that we’re trying to change it at Health Hive is doing it incrementally since we know that healthcare is super complicated and we can’t change it overnight”
“You can have the first three [dimensions], but if the technology and the usability is not there, then that becomes a barrier to actually enabling someone to use their health plan.”
“COVID is creating more digitization. COVID is also creating better awareness for the need for quality healthcare plans. And it is our why now.”
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